Hundreds of other people have been arrested in connection with various anti-government plots over the last two years.

Turkey's military has unseated four governments since 1960, under the auspices of protecting the country's secular constitution. It has often clashed with Erdogan and his Justice and Development Party.

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A Turkish court accuses 196 people over an alleged plan to topple the government.

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